Defend every hiring dollar with data, not guesswork.
In 30 days, we turn your job board and ATS data into a leadership-ready ROI Performance Report. See average cost-per-hire by source, kill the spend that isn't working, and walk into every leadership meeting with numbers that back your budget.
30-day checkpoint · Real Results · No-Risk Guarantee
We work with the ATS and job boards your team already uses
We've worked with a lot of TA teams.
If any of this sounds like your budget...
You're probably wasting thousands every month on underperforming job ads and don't even know it. The numbers that would prove it are scattered across Indeed, LinkedIn, ZipRecruiter, niche boards, your career site, and an ATS nobody fully trusts.
No cost-per-hire by source
You're spending $3K or more a month across Indeed, LinkedIn, ZipRecruiter, niche boards, and your career site. If leadership asked tomorrow which one actually earned its keep, you'd probably be guessing.
Budget burning on dead-end roles
Reqs that sit for 60 days quietly eating ad spend. 'Top' sources that look busy and produce almost no hires. You'd kill half of it today if you could see it on one page.
Leadership meetings without backup
Finance asks what the job boards actually return. You improvise. Next quarter's budget gets defended on gut feel because the real numbers are buried in three systems that don't talk to each other.
What flying blind is actually costing you.
Most TA teams can't tie their recruitment spend to actual hires. The channels eating most of their budget produce the fewest hires. And cost-per-hire climbed again in 2025, even as hiring demand softened. Here's what the research says that's costing you.
of TA teams can't connect recruitment spend to actual hires
Only 23% of talent acquisition organizations can tie their ad dollars to hiring outcomes. If your CFO asked tomorrow which job board earned its keep this quarter, you'd probably be in the 77% answering with 'we think.' Finance is usually not happy with hearing 'we think.'
of hires come from sponsored job ads. Despite eating most of your budget.
Sponsored job ads generate 23% of applicants but just 9% of actual hires, the lowest conversion rate of any source. Careers-page applicants are 4x more likely to be hired than job board applicants. Referrals 10x. Niche sources 14x.(CareerPlug, 2025 Recruiting Metrics Report — 10M+ applications analyzed). Most recruiting budgets are stacked on the weakest channel.
average cost-per-hire. Rising sharply, even as hiring demand softened in 2025.
The average cost-per-hire is $5,475 for non-exec roles and $35,879 for executives. Both climbed in 2025 despite a cooler labor market, driven by job board pricing shifts. Every dollar in a weak channel is worth more this year than last. And you can't cut what you can't see.
Sources: Symphony Talent 2026 Talent Acquisition Outlook Report, CareerPlug 2025 Recruiting Metrics Report, SHRM 2025 Benchmarking Report, Appcast 2026 Recruitment Marketing Benchmark Report
Job Board ROI Sprint
A 30-day sprint where we turn your ATS and job board data into a leadership-ready ROI Performance Report. See cost-per-hire by source, identify your best and worst performing roles, and walk out with clear "cut", "keep", and "double-down" recommendations. Every month after, you get the same report updated with fresh data.
You keep your existing tools. We do the integration, reporting design, and analysis so you stop overpaying for weak channels and start defending every dollar with numbers, not gut feel.
One sprint. Four Deliverables.
ROI Performance Report (PDF)
Custom-built around your top 3 KPIs, like average cost-per-hire, total candidate volume, and return on ad spend. Best and worst performing roles and sources, with clear "cut", "keep", and "double-down" recommendations.
Exec Slide Deck (editable)
ROI and performance slides you can drop straight into your next leadership meeting. No reformatting, no rework. Defensible numbers, already formatted for the audience that matters.
Custom reporting engine
We connect your job boards and ATS and build the engine that feeds your ROI Performance Report every month. You stop chasing data across systems.
Ongoing maintenance options
After the sprint, pick a monthly cadence that fits: Report Only or Report + Review with a live performance call.
What actually happens, week by week.
One implementation sprint, delivered in four focused weeks. No mystery. No open-ended promises. Little to no disruption to your current hiring.
Phase 0: ROI Readiness Check
Confirm your data is workable
- Quick audit of your ATS and job board setup
- Confirm we can pull reliable cost, application, and hire data by source
- If your data needs configuration first, you walk away with a checklist and no obligation
- If you're ready to move, we scope the sprint and kick off
Phase 1: The 30-Day ROI Sprint
Data & Design
- Connect to your job boards and ATS
- Define your top 3 KPIs (typically average cost-per-hire, total candidate volume, and return on ad spend)
- Design your custom ROI Performance Report around what leadership actually needs to see
- Deliverable: signed-off report design and KPI definitions
Build & Validate
- We build the reporting engine that feeds your ROI Performance Report
- Pull historical data on up to 4 major sources (e.g. Indeed, LinkedIn, career site, niche boards)
- QA with your team so every number passes the sniff test
- Deliverable: validated reporting engine running against your live data
Leadership-Ready Report
- ROI Performance Report (PDF) with best and worst performing roles and sources
- Clear "cut", "keep", and "double-down" recommendations for every source
- Exec Slide Deck (editable) you can drop straight into your next leadership meeting
Day 30 Milestone
30-Day Checkpoint & Guarantee
- Leadership-ready ROI Performance Report covering your top 3 KPIs
- Best and worst performing roles and sources clearly identified
- Cut, keep, and double-down recommendations you feel confident acting on
- Exec Slide Deck ready to plug into your next leadership meeting
If we don't hit that bar by day 30, we refund the implementation fee. You keep the reports, the deck, and the work we've done. No gotchas, no "credit-only" funny business.
Ongoing: Keep the Insights Flowing
Monthly ROI Reporting
- Tier 1 Report Only: Monthly updated ROI PDF, email summary with 2 to 3 recommended changes, up to 2 ad-hoc data questions per month
- Tier 2 Report + Live Review: Everything in Tier 1, plus a monthly or quarterly 45-minute Performance Review Call with TA leadership
Most clients continue past Day 30. Once leadership sees the first real numbers, going back to answering with 'we think our strategy is working' stops being an option.
Built for TA leaders who have to defend every dollar.
This is for you if...
- You're a VP, Director, or Manager of HR or TA
- You spend $3,000 or more a month on Indeed, LinkedIn, ZipRecruiter, or niche boards
- You can't pull a clean cost-per-hire by source on demand
- You have to defend your recruiting budget to finance or the executive team
- You want the data to make "cut", "keep", and "double-down" decisions with confidence
This probably isn't a fit if...
- You don't run paid job board advertising
- Your ATS doesn't track source or hire data at all
- You want a staffing agency to source candidates for you
- You're looking for someone to run your boards day to day. We report, we don't repost.
30-Day Budget Clarity & Confidence Guarantee.
By day 30, you get a leadership-ready ROI Performance Report covering your top 3 KPIs, clear "cut", "keep", and "double-down" recommendations, and an exec slide deck you can plug directly into your next leadership meeting. If we don't hit that bar, we refund the implementation fee. No gotchas, no "credit-only" funny business. You keep the reports, the deck, and the work.
We only take on up to 3 new teams each month. Spots fill quickly.
Before you book a call.
Do we need to switch ATS or job boards?
No. You keep your tools. Our job is to pull the data out of what you already have and turn it into a report leadership can act on.
Which ATS platforms do you support?
All the major ones used by TA teams. On the free ROI Readiness Check we confirm your specific setup and make sure we can get reliable data before you commit a dollar.
What if our data isn't clean enough?
That's exactly what the free ROI Readiness Check is for. If your ATS or job boards aren't tracking enough to build a reliable report, we tell you upfront and hand you a configuration checklist. No charge, no obligation.
How disruptive is this to our current hiring?
Very little. Your recruiters keep hiring the whole time. We need one point person for decisions and timely access to your ATS and job board data. That's it.
What happens after the 30 days?
You own the report, the deck, and the reporting engine we built. Most clients continue with monthly maintenance (Report Only or Report + Live Review) so the insights stay fresh, but there's no obligation.
How does the guarantee actually work?
If by day 30 we haven't delivered your ROI Performance Report,"cut", "keep", and "double-down" recommendations, and exec slide deck, we refund the implementation fee. You keep everything we've built. We'll walk through exactly how that's measured on the intro call.
Who runs the implementation?
A senior operator who has spent years working 1:1 with TA teams and has held a senior position at the world's largest job board platform. They've seen every data and reporting challenge you're likely to have.
Pick a time that works for you.
30 minutes. No pitch deck. Just an honest look at your ATS and job board data, and whether we can build you a defensible ROI report.
We only accept up to 3 new teams per month. Space is extremely limited.
Stop guessing where your recruitment budget goes.
A 30-minute ROI Readiness Check. We'll look at your ATS and your job board stack, confirm we can build you a defensible ROI report, and scope the Job Board ROI Sprint. If it's not a fit, we'll tell you.
30 minutes · No pitch deck · Honest fit assessment